I have found the same conclusion of her duality of opposites, than i found in Born This Way single/album/era, the fight of the opposites, the good and evil, more in this case, the reality versus fantasy, on the Pierrot story they talk about an Harlequin (what i interpret as her fantasy living, fun, optimistic and quite ‘naive’ side, full of tricks and masks, entertaining the audience, the blonde, The Fame era) and the sad clown (the raw realistic, a quite dark side of her, more focused in Art and in herself than in pleasing others or following orders or wishes, humanized and real, natural, purified, sensible, profound, black haired, ARTPOP), this Pierrot story, in conclusion falls again in this ying-yang duality i always talk about when it comes to her albums or (eras) because they change like cycles. Closing old cycles, opening new ones. This ‘change’ being directly reflected on her outside looks. A change from within, inside out. I have also theories about Gaga using the sad clown, it came to my mind the image of Enrico Caruso wearing the Italian clown makeup & clothes singing the dramatic ‘Vesti la Giubba’ from Pagliacci. One of my 3 theories for VMA’s was around theatricality, as she is coming back to pure Arts, performance art, it would be nice if she does it again like in TFM era but deeper and better, more profound even, the thought of a sad clown crying was very spot on to that image, is theater, a classic after all. Also those who follow her will know how much Gaga embraces her Italian heritage and now that she is using black hair again and is not a wig but her real hair (natural Italian dark hair) and this new Gaga being more raw realistic, in many aspects, conceptually or artistically, her songs could also be her most realistic work/album to the date. (No wonder why she has been collaborating with Marina Abramovic and other artists, as she has said Marina is a limitless woman, having no limits in her mind, her thinking, or her soul, and that is where her Art starts from and happens, using her body as a medium to reach a goal, to express her Art, as a ‘vessel’ only, but her Art being completely in the mind process, in how far can she go within herself, mentally). She is now trying to reach new levels, to evolve and let her mind be even more limitless, focusing on Art and performance art. I would love to see her back on theatricality, like she used to in The Fame Monster, but now even more focused on Arts. The comeback of a darky Gaga, with her dark hair being just a consequence of her ‘Rebirth’, and she is shown in a natural look, no makeup, no wigs, like a statement of her erasing the past and starting all over again, opening a cycle after closing one, ‘purified by the flames and then raising from the ashes like a phoenix’, after meditating for months in this spiritual journey of hers, with her blackout, after the cancelling of her tour for an injury that ended up in surgery, finding herself again, evolving from within, she relived her past, her fears, she found out truths and answers, ‘she kills then the blonde’, growing the blonde hair out (that other side of her personality) as a representation of the fall of an ‘icon’ (decay of blonde icons, concept she used in Paparazzi before), and at the same time, realizing she always wanted to please everybody, to give them a star, when people told her she had to change and be blonde to be introduced to the masses, because as a brunette she was too strange, too ethnic, she would never be a superstar like that, been told by ppl in the industry and in theater, by teachers and everybody, finding also the preference of her ex boyfriend to have sex with blondes, he wanted a blonde, that he really didnt gave a fuck about her or her dreams, or career, following other girls, etc. so the summary of raw truths at this stage and remembering back in the days how she was consumed (in a certain way) by the Fame & Pop, like she says in her Warholian speech in the first album era ‘POP ATE MY HEART AND SWALLOWED MY BRAIN’, (Pop Culture) this time is the other way around, she is taking back her life, returning from a blackout and an injury, from her “break" (in many senses, but could also be referenced to her hip breaking), she is taking control of her life again, breaking the molds, the boundaries, the stereotypes, the definitions of ‘icon’, to be opposite to all of that and be herself, be raw, and rewrite the definition of ‘icon’. Changing the definitions and making us all be involved and find our own meanings: My ARTPOP could mean anything. Its open to interpretation, simple but abstract.